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I can't recall who had the problem with their brass not holding primers. It was someone reloading .454 I believe. I actually ran into this recently and found a solution.
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I want to say it was Casper. Forget what he posts as now, but I haven't seen him post in a while.Originally posted by Broncojohnny -
I dont want to hijack this thread but have a newbie question..
What do you consider a loose primer pocket? Where the primer just falls out or the primer is physicaly loose? I had some that were super easy to press in, but they didn't fall out.Comment
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Ah yeah, I think that's who it was.Originally posted by Nash B. View Post
Both, really. Eventually the primers will literally fall out, but they start out as loose. Honestly, I had never run into this phenomenon because I rarely load a case more than twice just because I usually have a pretty high volume of cases. With .300blk I was getting sick of making cases so I reused the same set of 200 cases for a really hot load and it accelerated the phenomenon. After about 3 or 4 reloads some of the cases literally had primers falling out of them.Originally posted by bigshoe View Post
Anyways, to solve the problem you just have to bell the case head which forces material into the primer pocket mouth. Best way to do this is take a ball bearing (anywhere from 1/4" to 3/8") I find the larger ball bearings work. You need to make yourself a metal rod that will fit inside the case, so you can slip the mouth over the rod and down onto the head of the case, inside. Then with the primer pocket facing up while it's sitting on the rod you place the ball bearing on the pocket, and smash the mother loving hell out of it with a mallet (I'd recommend a sand filled one so the ball bearing doesn't go flying). Problem solved."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
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Hey man, it was me. Sorry I could not find my password, and apparently the password reset on the site does not work.
I bought the anvil for both small and large primer pockets, you are welcome to borrow them.Comment
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